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Chelsea, there were many of our previous Fringy Minis.

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I actually have things I wanted to speak on,

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but this one just stands out so much

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as something I need to update.

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And update, okay.

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That we can talk about, that it has to win out.

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I've been waiting so long to use this article,

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so here it is.

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You've been sitting on this, okay.

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Yeah, now Chelsea, we both, well, I shouldn't say this

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because it takes the mystery out of the eyes

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of our listeners here.

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But online dating is tough.

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You know, obviously the hardest part about online dating

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is having to talk to people.

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But what if AI could get rid of that?

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Well, of course.

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Are we talking about AI Ouija again?

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Almost.

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That one actually seems more useful than this.

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But just hold on to something because this is just bizarre.

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I'm holding on.

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NBC News by Decia Tolentino on May 10th, 2024.

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Title, AI Personas Are the Future of Dating,

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Bumble Founder Says, Many Aren't By.

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Whitney Wolfe Heard, Founder and Executive Chair of Bumble

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said that dating app wants to use AI

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to create more healthy and equitable relationships.

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The future of dating could be filled

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with digital artificial intelligence-powered personas

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setting each other up according to the founder

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of a popular dating app.

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Bumble, founder Whitney Wolfe Heard,

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speaking Thursday at the Bloomberg Tech Summit

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in San Francisco said that her company

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is considering how AI can assist and empower women

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in their search for connections.

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One particular use of AI that Heard mentioned

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has gained traction online.

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Although not everyone liked the idea,

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Heard proposed a scenario in which singles

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could use AI dating concierges as stand-ins for themselves

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when reaching out to the prospective partners online.

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Quote, there is a world where your dating concierge

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could go and date for you with other dating concierges,

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and then you don't have to talk to 600 people.

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End quote, she said during the summit.

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AI-powered dating assistants have gotten more attention

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recently such as profile enhancers like yourmove.ai

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or simulated chatbots like Voler.

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The rise of generative AI that can learn

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to mimic particular people has led to plenty

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of speculation around how it could be used

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in the romantic arena, particularly as some people

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have grown disillusioned with and given up on dating apps.

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There's some healthy skepticism over whether AI

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is the answer, a clip of Heard at the Bloomberg summit

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gained over 10 million views on X,

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where some people expressed uneasiness

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about the idea of AI-based dating scene.

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Some compared it to episodes of Black Mirror,

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a Netflix series that explores

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dystopian uses of technology.

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Others felt that the use of AI in dating

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would exacerbate the isolation and loneliness

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that people have been feeling in recent years.

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Heard said that she wants to use AI

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to teach people how to date better

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and quote, create more healthy and equitable relationships.

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Unquote, she suggested AI dating concierges

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can help people unpack their dating concerns

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and give tips for communicating with matches.

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A Bumble spokesperson reiterated this sentiment

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in an email to NBC News, the spokesperson said,

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the company can see a future where AI

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can continue to foster positive relationships.

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Quote, Bumble is a place to make safe,

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kind and authentic connections,

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helping people to meet online

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to then take the connection offline.

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the spokesperson also said that Bumble

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has incorporated several AI powered features

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into the app, including its for you match recommendations page,

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its spam profile detector and its lewd image blocker.

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is heading following its recent rebrand, quote,

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we will not be a dating app in a few years,

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dating will be a component,

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but we will be a true human connection platform.

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This is where you will meet anyone you want to meet,

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a hiking buddy, a mahjong buddy,

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whatever you're looking for, end quote.

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An AI buddy, it's not even just an exist, necessarily.

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So imagine if you will, a dating profile saying like,

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hey, we're just gonna pretend to be you,

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to other AI's that are pretending to be other people,

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and we'll see if we work with anybody,

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and we'll tell you if we hit it off.

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No, I mean, I'm not on the dating app scene at all,

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but I mean, I would feel very uncomfortable

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if it were me, because AI can present like.

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It can lie, it can lie really bad.

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It can lie, but it could also present this idea of you

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that's not necessarily you,

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and then is it even telling you that it's AI?

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It might be or might not?

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Like that just seems like misrepresentation

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that you're talking to.

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Well, and I also feel that even if it takes

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like your entire online persona,

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like not just your bubble app, which let's face it,

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nobody's putting 100% of themselves in their profile.

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Or any social media.

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Don't wanna date for some reason,

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like you're just putting it up there

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so that nobody wants to touch you.

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That's weird.

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I just don't think, like people don't show enough

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of themselves online to say like,

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yep, AI can give 100% satisfaction guaranteed,

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date with another AI online,

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and tell you exactly how that will go.

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But that like best case scenario,

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what's it just like AI interacting with AI?

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And also I wanna know how.

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And then two robots fall in love.

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That's also what I would like to see,

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is like how far it gets.

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Does it say like you might be a good fit?

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We ended up fucking, like is that what tells you

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about the other AI?

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Or is it this relationship will result

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in two years of happiness,

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12 years of uneasiness, three children, and a divorce?

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That'd be crazy.

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Yeah, so I'm just serious.

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Okay, they may proceed if they can do that.

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That's an interesting, it is an episode of Black Mirror.

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If that's, it is in fact an episode of Black Mirror

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from what I've heard.

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If it does do that,

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I think I'd just have to create a bumble persona

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just to like, see those outcomes.

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It'd be fun.

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I guess so.

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Is the Black Mirror episode based on you?

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Maybe.

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And also, if this is what you really want,

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just hire somebody out of India to do it for you.

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Like then you can at least talk to the person,

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you know they're not lying.

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It's true.

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And then they study you and become you.

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Yeah.

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And then you can also be an actor studying to be Jack Sparrow.

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Yeah, but yeah, that's where AI is at.

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I mean, it's also being used in war right now

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to murder people like profoundly, but this is the episode.

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Options are limitless.

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It's also being currently used as a Ouija board.

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So, and studied by Friar Bernadette.

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What do you think Friar Bernadette has to say about this?

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Friar Bernadette's AI has fucked so many people.

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He's the proud one.

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All of the sins are in it.

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You're hitting this.

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All of the sins are in his AI.

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Who's this article written by, by the way?

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Friar Bernadette.

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Friar Bernadette.

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Desia Tolentino, probably Friar Bernadette's sexy AI.

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It's his AI for some reason.

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But yeah, I mean, in a world of isolation,

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which capitalism has brought upon us,

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it is at the end of the day,

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what Lace's capitalism has theorized,

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bring to us and brung it has.

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Don't worry, they're training AI to make us lonelier.

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They're taking away the good jobs.

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They're taking away the social interactions.

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Aren't you happy about that?

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Yeah, you don't even have to sit around

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with the circle of people to play the Ouija board anymore.

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And that's three Ouija board references.

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Are we sponsored by Hasbro?

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Is we really not yet?

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I hope to be soon though.

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Yeah, we're doing one of those reverse sponsorships

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that we're very known for.

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Patent did in fact, future patent.

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But in any event, let's see how many people

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you can slew through with your online dating AI

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in the next 48 hours.

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And then we'll see you and your very ethically tainted AI

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back here in 48 hours.